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  "id": 15911577,
  "title": "Malaysia bans civil servants from using Israeli-made Waze navigation app",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/malaysia-bans-civil-servants-from-using-israeli-made-waze-navigation",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-21T15:32:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Times of Israel",
    "slug": "the-times-of-israel",
    "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/malaysia-bans-civil-servants-from-using-israeli-made-waze-navigation-app/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kuala Lumpur, which does not have ties with Israel, claims it aims to prevent use of data by Jerusalem; announcement follows plan to ban app entirely in Iraq",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Malaysia PM Anwar warns against Israeli navigation app Waze over data security concerns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/malaysia-pm-anwar-warns-against-israeli-navigation-app-waze-over-data",
        "published": "2026-10-21T05:17:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Malaysia bans civil servants from using mapping app Waze, citing links to Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/malaysia-bans-civil-servants-from-using-mapping-app-waze-citing-links",
        "published": "2026-10-21T08:25:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Malaysia bans civil servants from using mapping app Waze, citing links to Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/malaysia-bans-civil-servants-from-using-mapping-app-waze-citing-links-15873891",
        "published": "2026-10-21T10:44:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}